In a vintage furnishings version of fantasy football, you'd want to draft the talented trio behind the new concept shop Mrs. PK & Oz.

Patti Kagan (the titular PK) grew up in a Houston midcentury modern house filled with Harvey Probber designs, and, after collecting high-style examples of the genre for her Aspen home, decided to turn her passion into a business.

She joined up with Oz, aka Troy Osborne, who inherited an eye for quality craftsmanship by watching his master carpenter grandfather work in some of Houston's most illustrious homes. He turned that skill into a 30-year career as a "picker," scouring estate sales and resale shops for furniture and sourcing his finds to designers and dealers across the country. Rounding out the team is Julie Waggoner, who, as the owner of Design Treasure Find, specializes in vintage accessories with a particular love of brass. She manages the store while the partners are out sourcing.

"We're a little bit different from the basic Knoll and Herman Miller," says Kagan. "We have a very eclectic eye, and we try to do something a little bit different. I really like the Italian designers from the late '60s and early '70s. Romeo Rega, Willy Rizzo, they all kind of hung out together, and Pierre Cardin was their mentor."

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Mrs. PK & Oz is scheduled to move into its permanent home on Colquitt Street in August, but until then, Kagan and Osborne have opened a temporary pop-up shop on Kirby and Richmond in the former Michelle Y Williams gallery location.

The foundation of the PK & Oz partnership, according to Osborne, was a pair of armchairs found by Kagan, to which Osborne added acrylic panels on the sides. The chairs sold immediately, but a similar sofa with acrylic panels is displayed.

"What we really do is incorporate different materials - lacquer, brass, acrylic, chrome, goatskin, velvet, distressed leather, just a variety. That's why I think we stick out from other people," said Osborne.

In addition to a Billy Haines slipper chair that commands attention with an unexpected cork fabric, the entrance of the store is home to a black-and-white vignette with Lucite accessories, a poster of Twiggy and a pair of Milo Baughman chairs covered in black and white patent leather.

"Do you know the girl who does Alice & Olivia, Stacy Bendet? I opened up InStyle magazine, and she had those chairs done just like that in her house," said Kagan, adding, "but I swear I had the idea first!"